This webinar will present findings from research conducted by the Mekong Region Land Governance (MRLG) Program and its partners on the recognition and formalization of customary tenure rights across the Mekong region. It will highlight key themes from two important regional publications: "The Recognition and Formalization of Customary Tenure in the Forest Landscapes of the Mekong Region: A Polanyian Perspective" and the "State of Land Brief: Recognition of Customary Tenure in Forest Landscapes of the Mekong Region."

By examining the landscapes of multiple African countries, we will unearth the myriad experiences of traditional leaders, emphasizing the variances in their legislative authority and the weight of their word. By drawing upon actual case studies, the discourse will underscore potential friction areas between traditional leaders, governmental entities, and local populace, especially when the spotlight turns to the management of land based investments within ancestral domains.

Strengthening security of tenure is considered a key outcome of the LAND-at-scale program as a pre-condition to improved livelihoods, resilience, and sustainable resource use. LAND-at-scale interventions employ a range of tools to achieve tenure security, in particular land mapping and registration. Despite the popularity of such interventions, the assumptions underpinning the impact pathways from registration to tenure security and derived outcomes such as improved livelihoods are not always built on a solid evidence base. 

NOTICE OF CONFERENCE POSTPONEMENT

Thank you for your interest in the Land Conference 2022 – The Failed Promise of Tenure Security: Customary Land Rights and Dispossession and thank you for registering for the conference. We have had an overwhelming interest in the conference and we are excited at the prospect of rich conversation and engagement.

10 December 2021 (International Human Rights Day)

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Linking customary tenure (CT) recognition, food security and traditional livelihoods in the ASEAN region

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Tuesday, November 23rd, 2021

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM (Eastern Time)

Online via Zoom

This session will be interpreted in French and Spanish.

Over the past nine years, the project on Supporting Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests (VGGT)has helped countries make political commitments towards the eradication of hunger, f

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